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A.H. Nijhoff-Wind
(June 9, 1897 - May 22, 1971) Holland

Nijhoff-Wind

Writer

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Born as Antoinetta (Netty) Hendrika Wind, in The Hague. She was married for 34 years to poet Martinus Nijhoff, but they only lived together for a couple of years. In 1916 their son Faan (see) was born. In 1920 she moved to Italy to start a boarding housein Settignano, with her lover Maria Tesi, an experience she described in The Four Deaths . She died in The Hague.

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Books:

  • Twee meisjes en ik (1931)
  • De vier doden (1950)
  • Venus in balingschap (1955)
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